Ali Alherimi, who runs the Holy Grill food truck, has the kind of grin that could grace the silver screen. And it has. Under the stage name Alec Rayme, he's had nearly 30 roles in films like "Let's Be Cops," "Left Behind" and "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay."

The film career came before the food truck.

On set, Alherimi thought the guys running the "second meal" food trucks were having more fun than the cast and crew. So he bought an old FedEx delivery van for $2,000 and with help from his brother converted it into a rolling kitchen.

Alherimi had never worked professionally in a kitchen. But he has been cooking since he was a kid.

"I always liked women," he said, "and women were always in the kitchen. I was the only guy in my home-ec class with 25 girls."

The woman who perhaps most inspired the Holy Grill's mainly Middle Eastern menu is Alherimi's grandmother, a Palestinian born in Bethlehem.

"People think we're just Middle Eastern," Alherimi said, "but I like to play a lot with the traditional."

His gyros are served as burritos. His kebabs have teriyaki sauce. And his grape leaves are tempura battered and deep fried.